ANNUAL REPORT 2012-13 About the Organization This Logo Symbolizes the Objectives of the Organization
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19th ANNUAL REPORT 2012-13 About the organization This logo symbolizes the objectives of the organization. The words in the outer circle are from the great Indian epic "Mahabharat", saying that "nothing is above a Human". This is also the motto of the organization. The triangle in the inner circle symbolizes the hands of three people and stands for community development through participation. The light from the lamp in the small hut in the centre symbolizes the development of the weakest and poorest person of the community. Founder trustees of the organization were inspired by Gandhian thinking and work of great men like Albert Schweitzer. They felt deeply the agony and hopelessness of poor villagers. They saw the plight of villagers and felt a need of medical services in these villages. Hence they brought like minded friends together and founded Gram Seva Trust, an organization dedicated to rural health and development. In 1994 the trust started a 30 bedded hospital with 5 staff members in an old dilapidated building, given by another trust. As the need arose the hospital was expanded to accomodate more patients and better services. Today after 19 years the hospital can accomodate 80 patients and has all basic facilities required in a rural hospital providing health services at affordable rates and sometimes free of charge to the needy from nearly 200 surrounding villages of Navsari and Dang districts. The organization also wanted to improve health of the surrounding villages hence as and when need was identified different community projects were started in the surrounding villages with main focus on health and development of women and children. Immense efforts are put in to decrease malnutrition. Gram Seva Trust also reaches out to the tribals in deep interior villages of Vansda and Dang through satellite centers and general medical mega camps arranged every year. The organization has also started different projects for development of villages like Self Help Group project (a micro saving and micro lending project for women), trainings for income generation activities, adolescent girl project, tutorial classes to strenghthen primary education and a Child Education and Development Centre to improve standard of education in children of landless labourers. Vision Healthy, Happy, Self sufficient and Self-Empowered Rural communities. Mission Cater to the Health need of every individual in the society irrespective of caste creed or economic status. Render special care to women and children of our society. Promote curative and preventive measures in order to improve the general well being of the society. Uplift social and economical status as well as rural development with scientific and rational approach. Create awareness for healthy qualitative life and development. Governing Board Members No. Name Position In Board Address 1. Dr. Ashwin A. Shah Managing Trustee Kharel 2. Mr. Nalinbhai J. Desai Trustee & Hon. Secretary Surat 3. Dr. Harsha A.Shah Trustee Kharel 4. Mr. Nalinbhai T. Desai Trustee Dhamdachha 5. Mr. Dipakbhai A. Vashi Trustee Dhamdachha 6. Mr. Moghabhai L. Naik Trustee Pipaldhara 7. Mr. Dinubhai R. Patel Trustee Khaparia 8. Dr. Anilbhai C. Desai Trustee Jaghadia 9. Mr. Chhaganbhai P. Naik Trustee Surat 10. Dr. Ratna Magotra Trustee Mumbai 11. Dr. Khushroo. Patel Trustee Mumbai / USA Advisors Shri Dhananjaybhai Desai Valsad Dr.Lataben Desai SEWA Rural, Jhagadia Shri I.J.Desai Surat Annual Report : 2012-2013 Gram Seva Trust, Kharel Editorial espected Elders, Friends and Well wishers, RWish you all a Happy New Year!!! I present before you our 19th Annual and audit report. You are also receiving periodic Information of our activities through “Samvedan”, our four monthly news letter. Gram Seva’s objective has been to reach the poorest of the poor through its activities. Many donors and well wishers have supported us in these activities and we have strived to achieve satisfactory results. The number of patients benefitting from the hospital services is increasing every year. This year we started the Dialysis department for patients with chronic renal disease. The activities under the community health department have been expanded to reach more beneficiaries in surrounding villages. Our satellite centres help us to provide medical services to interior villages of deep forest district of Dang. The geriatric project provides medical services, at the doorstep, to the increasing population of elderly in the villages. The benefit scheme project made it clear to us the difficulties faced by the poor in availing benefits of the government social security schemes. We all know that health services alone will not help us achieve health and rural development. A holistic social and economic development is necessary. But the present political and social scenario of scams, corruption, violence against women, and economic crisis- all are affecting the country’s morale. Intense efforts, in the youth are necessary to improve the nation’s morale and energy. This annual report brings to you the activities that the organization has taken up in the past year. Your support and guidance have been with us in all our endeavors and we hope it remains so, always. We wish that more and more like minded people join us in our services for community health and development. Thank you, Yours, Dr. Ashwin Shah Place : Kharel (Managing Trustee) Date : On behalf of the Board of Trustees. 1 Gram Seva Trust, Kharel Annual Report : 2012-2013 New Projects Table:1: Mamtaghar Why this apathy towards health Sr.No Particulars No. care? Mamtaghar 1 Total Beneficiaries 800 Malaben Pradeepbhai Naika Patel 2 Total deliveries 548 (aged 30yrs) was resident of Duwada. irth of a baby is very precious for the Bmother and the entire family. It is a 3 Normal Delivery 466 She did not conceive for 5 years after natural physiological process. But there 4 LSCS Delivery 76 pregnancy. Hence she was disturbed are chances of complications during 5 Forceps Delivery 6 and went to live in Nagdhara, her pregnancy and labour. These complications 6 Average Stay ( days) 4.03 maternal village. One day news sometimes can be fatal for both the mother 7 Live birth 545 reached our community workers that and the baby in the womb. India has a high 8 Still Birth 4 number of maternal and newborn deaths Malaben was pregnant but still lived 9 Neonatal Deaths 5 in comparison to developed countries in Nagdhara. Our community workers and even some developing countries. unit in the hospital. District Rotary Governor, contacted her in laws and obtained Many efforts are being made to reduce Shri G.H.Bhakta Memorial Foundation, our her phone number. She was contacted the maternal and neonatal mortality rates. well wishers from U.S.A. Shri Makanjibhai by phone and advised to visit any Safe institutional deliveries are important Durlabhbhai Patel, Dr.Sureshbhai Patel, hospital nearby for her pregnancy step towards this. The Mamtaghar scheme Dr.Jaydeep, Jyotiben, Shilpaben, Bhikiben was started under National Rural Health Patel, Sheelaben and Shri Maganbhai checkup. Malaben followed the advice Mission with the objective to provide timely Rambhai Patel, Shri Durlabhbhai and came to Kharel Hospital. She was care for pregnant women with some risk Bhagwanjibhai Patel( U.K), family of Late severely anaemic with Haemoglobin and for those who live in remote interior Smt. Savitaben Naik( Amalsad) and Smt. of 3.4gm%. Malaben and her husband areas. The Mamtaghar is a free residential Sarojben Tewar(Surat) have been our pillars were advised for blood transfusion. facility for women, which provides obstetric of support in this. The unit was inaugurated and neonatal services. Three free meals on 12th March 2013 by Shri Sureshbhai She was scared and not ready for are provided to the pregnant women and Gandhi District Governor of Rotary Club admission. Thus Malaben went back their attendents. Women in need can avail District 3060. to Nagdhara . Many phone calls were these benefits about 8 to 10 days prior made but she refused any medical to their expected delivery date up to their delivery and discharge thereafter. Thus Rheumatic Heart treatment. Then our workers contacted they are within reach of obstetric services Disease Project ASHA worker( village health workers when required. A Mamtaghar was started heumatic heart disease is an illness employed by Government) of in Gram Seva Trust on 20th October 2012 usually associated with throat infection Nagdhara village and sought her help with the support of the District Health R and affecting the heart valves of children. to counsel Malaben. She understood Department( Navsari). 800 pregnant women Surgery including repair or replacement benefitted from these services from October the importance of blood transfusion of the affected valves is mostly required. 12 to March 13. and got admitted in Kharel Hospital. Public Health Foundation of India has Table:1 shows the type of beneficiaries and supported a multicentre project in India After two blood transfusions her outcome of pregnancy. to study the prevalence of this disease in Hb reached 6.3gm%. Malaben now school children aged 5 to 15 years. Gram came regularly for her checkups and Seva Trust has been selected as a centre followed all advice. But after 7 months Dialysis Unit for Navsari district, Gujarat, Western India. of pregnancy she had convulsions. hronic Kidney Diseases are increasing Two Cardiologists Dr.Snehal Kulkarni and Cin the community. These patients Dr.Ritesh Sukharamwala are doing 2D She was taken immediately for require Dialysis treatment frequently. Some Echo tests of about 2500 students of caesarean operation and she delivered patients even require dialysis twice or thrice Navsari District. Those children who are a baby . Both mother and baby were a week. Travelling to towns and bigger diagnosed to have heart valve disease are discharged after prolonged care in cities frequently becomes difficult for these provided treatment and support for further the hospital.